Before Columbus: Links Between the Old World and Ancient America by Gordon, Cyrus - 1972

Turnstone Press, 1972. Discusses evidence of American landfall by Minoans and Jews in ancient & classical times, and also looks at references to a large land-mass in classical texts. 224 crisp pp & 700g to post. Contents: Mesoamericans portrayed by their own sculptors; Testimony of Greek authors; Plumed Serpent; Megaliths & mariners; The Metcalf Stone & ancient writing; Sea people; Evidence of language; Cultural transmission; Popol Vuh & the ancient Near East; Summation; Postscript on Bat Creek. Gordon shows how (via archeological, ethnographic & linguistic evidence) America developed culturally across the Atlantic and Pacific. The book has numerous photos, illustrations & maps.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 25cm.